Carmel ThomasonDirector, Philip Franks talks about bringing the first revival of Alan Bennett’s 2009 play, Habit of Art to the stage. How did you get involved with this project? Through Alistair Whatley and Tom Hackney who are Original Theatre. I was in a...
The National Theatre’s Macbeth opens onto a post-apocalyptic world – dark, wet and drowning in ripped plastic. This doesn’t just feel like the aftermath of a bloody civil war, but the end of the earth as we know it. Rae Smith’s set design creates a...
Following a sell-out London run, the National Theatre’s radical reinterpretation of Macbeth goes on tour, arriving at the Lowry on 29 September 2018. Artistic director, Rufus Norris talks to Quays Life about anarchy, uncertainty and why the heart of...